David-elias Künstle
Team Lead (AI Engineering) at Web Computing GmbH
Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Top SchoolDavid-elias Künstle is a Team Lead in AI Engineering with 11 years of software and research experience, currently directing a 10-person team at Web Computing GmbH. He combines a cognitive-science background with a Ph.D.-level focus on machine learning and psychophysics to build efficient, transferable ML solutions and toolboxes (e.g., cblearn). His work spans end-to-end engineering—from hardware integration and test automation in open-source projects like PsychoPy to production AI systems for large financial clients. He mentors and hires engineers, sets technical direction, and advises leadership on AI strategy while maintaining hands-on involvement in algorithm design and experiment-driven software. Notably, he bridged perceptual science and ML in VR experiments to quantify optical distortion, demonstrating an uncommon mix of human-centered experimental design and production-grade software. Based in Tübingen, he brings both academic rigor and practical delivery to cross-disciplinary AI projects.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Doktor, Computer Science, Doktor, Computer Science at Eberhard Karls Universität TübingenMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Informatik, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Informatik at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg im BreisgauBachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Kognitionswissenschaft, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Kognitionswissenschaft at Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen
German, English, French, French
Github Skills (18)
unit-testing10
pytest10
python10
experimental-design10
hardware-interface10
testing10
machine-learning10
integrations10
numpy10
controls10
bayesian10
optimisation10
system-integration10
emulation10
optimization10
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
psychopy/psychopy
Mar 2022 - Mar 2022
For running psychology and neuroscience experiments
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer / Test Automation Engineer
Back-end Developer / Test Automation EngineerContributions:6 commits, 5 PRs, 3 comments in 8 days
Contributions summary:David-elias primarily contributed to the `psychopy` repository by adding and improving hardware integration and testing capabilities. They added support for a new photometer device (Gamma Scientific flexOptometer S470) by writing the necessary driver code. Further, they set up parameters, tested, and provided a unit test to ensure the correct functioning of the newly added hardware components.
neurosciencepythonexperiment-controlcognitive-scienceopenscience
fachschaft/dmsclient
Jul 2017 - Feb 2020
Contributions:2 releases, 31 commits, 7 PRs in 2 years 7 months
command-line-toolmanagement-systemdrinkpythonpython-library
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